Manitoba premier says more cash in rainy day fund will help in emergencies

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his Progressive Conservative government is putting $407 million into the province’s rainy-day fund. Pallister says the province has more...

Canada’s top 1% saw fastest income acceleration, overall decrease in taxes

OTTAWA — The incomes of Canada’s top one per cent grew at a faster pace than everyone else in 2017 — and, overall, they saw their...

Liberals returns to B.C. to pledge carbon neutrality, tax cut for clean tech firms

VANCOUVER — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau chose once again on Tuesday to stage one of the biggest moments of his campaign in British Columbia, as he...

Ontario education unions turn up pressure on Doug Ford’s government

TORONTO — High school teachers and educational workers in Ontario turned up the pressure on the Progressive Conservative government on Tuesday as cracks continued to emerge...

Nothing ‘routine’ about Meng Wanzhou’s treatment at Vancouver airport: Defence

VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou denies her defence team is on a “fishing expedition” for documents to support its case. Scott Fenton...

Ottawa ‘seized’ with concerns about new Syrian consul in Montreal: Trudeau

Ontario shipyard withdraws complaint alleging federal favouritism toward Davie

OTTAWA — An Ontario shipyard has dropped a request for an investigation into whether the federal government tried to rig its plan to add a third...

Former Ontario Provincial Police union leaders on trial for fraud

TORONTO — Three leaders of Ontario’s provincial police union set up a scheme that used a travel company and consulting firm to defraud union members, prosecutors...

Quebec human rights commission asks government to take hate, racism seriously

MONTREAL — Quebec’s human rights commission is calling on the provincial government to come up with a plan to fight racism and discrimination in the wake...

Heat rises as Trudeau, Scheer exchange fire in climate fight on campaign trail

OTTAWA — Long-simmering political differences over climate change boiled over into a series of personal attacks between the Liberal and Conservative leaders on the campaign trail...